Country: USA
Year: 2017
Duration: 98'
Greg is a young aspiring actor studying drama in San Francisco. Despite his mediocre performances, he seems to be utterly unware of his complete lack of talent. Frustrated and demotivated, he befriends Tommy, a classmate whose over the top style clashes with Greg’s stiffness on stage. With disastrous results. Tommy is an eccentric character, inexorably enthusiastic, who hides his age with suspicions and intentional mystery, as well as where he’s from and how he got his money. The duo moves to Los Angeles, ready to take on Hollywood, but they are turned down a thousand times, and often humiliated. Since no one seems to give them a chance, Tommy decides to singlehandedly write, direct, and produce The Room, their debut feature. According to his plans, the movie will launch them in the golden world of the Star System. The resulting film is all over the place, becoming a cult classic defined by many as “the worst film ever made.” Based on a true story.
Biography
film director
James Franco
James Franco (Palo Alto, CA, USA, 1978) studied at UCLA, Columbia University and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He performed in several features, including Sam Raimi’s Spider Man trilogy, Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers. He is also a director, screenwriter, and a producer with his company Rabbit Bandini Productions. His short The Feast of Stephen (2009) won a Teddy Award at the Berlinale. In 2014 he received the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award in Venice, and in 2016, with In Dubious Battle, he won the Fondazione Mimmo Rotella Award. In 2018, Franco grabbed another Golden Globe win for The Disaster Artist. The film was screened at 2017 TFF in the section After Hours.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
The Ape (2005), The Feast of Stephen (cm, 2009), The Clerk’s Tale (cm, 2010), Masculinity & Me (cm, 2010), The Broken Tower (2011), Sal (2011), Interior. Leather Bar (doc., 2013), As I Lay Dying (2013), Bukowski (2013), Child of God (2013), The Sound and the Fury (L’urlo e il furore, 2014), Black Dog, Red Dog (2015), In Dubious Battle - Il coraggio degli ultimi (2016), The Institute (2017), The Disaster Artist (id., 2017).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
James Franco
soggetto/story
dal romanzo/from the novel The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made di/by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
fotografia/cinematography
Brandon Trost
montaggio/film editing
Stacey Schroeder
scenografia/production design
Chris L. Spellman
costumi/costume design
Brenda Abbandandolo
suono/sound
James Eric
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
James Franco (Tommy Wiseau), Dave Franco (Greg Sestero), Zoey Deutch (Bobbi), Alison Brie (Amber), Kristen Bell (Kristen Bell), Josh Hutcherson (Philip Haldiman), Zac Efron (Dan Janjigian), Jason Mantzoukas (Peter), Bryan Cranston, Lizzy Caplan, Megan Mullally, Adam Scott (se stessi/themselves)
produttori/producers
James Franco, Evan Goldberg, Vince Jolivette, Seth Rogen, James Weaver
produzione/production
Good Universe, New Line Cinema, Point Grey Pictures, RabbitBandini Productions, Ramona Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
coproduttore/coproducer
Jonathan Watson
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contatti/contacts
Warner Bros. Italia
info@warnerbros.com
www.warnerbros.it
James Franco
soggetto/story
dal romanzo/from the novel The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made di/by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
fotografia/cinematography
Brandon Trost
montaggio/film editing
Stacey Schroeder
scenografia/production design
Chris L. Spellman
costumi/costume design
Brenda Abbandandolo
suono/sound
James Eric
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
James Franco (Tommy Wiseau), Dave Franco (Greg Sestero), Zoey Deutch (Bobbi), Alison Brie (Amber), Kristen Bell (Kristen Bell), Josh Hutcherson (Philip Haldiman), Zac Efron (Dan Janjigian), Jason Mantzoukas (Peter), Bryan Cranston, Lizzy Caplan, Megan Mullally, Adam Scott (se stessi/themselves)
produttori/producers
James Franco, Evan Goldberg, Vince Jolivette, Seth Rogen, James Weaver
produzione/production
Good Universe, New Line Cinema, Point Grey Pictures, RabbitBandini Productions, Ramona Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
coproduttore/coproducer
Jonathan Watson
**
contatti/contacts
Warner Bros. Italia
info@warnerbros.com
www.warnerbros.it
